Clothes-line hanger.



P. M. GORSKl. CLOTHES LtNE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY l3. ISIS.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

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APPLICATION HLED MAY 13. l9l8.

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PETER 1vr. GORSKI, or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT,

CLOTHES-LINE HANGER.

To all whom it may concern: I 7 I Be it known that I, PETER GoRsKI, citizen of Russia, residing, at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and'State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Line Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

In closely built communities it is common to connect traveling lines between a window casing or other part of a buildingvand a pole or other support at a distance therefrom in such manner that clothing and other articles may be fastened to the line and drawn out and subsequently drawn. in and removed from the line. i; 1'

This invention relates to the construction of the means provided for connecting such a line to a window casing or other part of a building.

It has been customary to simply pass the inner end of such a line about a pulley, and

this method of connection requires a user to lean from the window and pull horizontally toward the body when manipulating the line, which is awkward, inconvenient and more or less dangerous, particularly in bad weather, owing to the liability of losing ones balance.

The object of this invention is to provide a support for the inner end of a line which is so constructed that it may be raised or lowered to any desired position and the line drawn in either direction by a downward pull, which is convenient, easy and safe.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a side elevation of a device'which embodies this invention, attached to a window casing. Fig. 2 shows on larger scale a side elevation of the adjustable frame that carries the pulleys about which the inner end of the line travels. Fig. 3 shows a top view of the parts illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows a horizontal section on the plane indicated by the line 4- 1 on Fig. 2. Fig.

' 5 shows a side view of the lower pulley about which the frame lifting and lowering line passes and the means provided for clamping the elevating line so it will retain the frame in the desired position.

This structure has a track 1 which is T-shaped in cross section and is provided with lugs 2 that are pivoted between ears 3 projecting from plates 4 which are designed to be fastened by screws or snnllar means to a window casing or other portion of a building. The supporting track is per- Specification of Letters Patent.

manently fastened to the building, butit is capable of being swung around in and out on the attaching means- The pulley frame 5 is formed of twoy oke shaped bars and near its upper end it has a pair of rolls 6 and. near its lower end a pair of rolls 7 which travel on the back of the track. The frame also at its lowerend has a roll 8 which travels on the front of the. track. At the top of the track is a pulleyl9 and at the bottom of the track is a pulleyv 10. Around these pulleys passes a cable or rope 11, one end of which is fastened to an eye 12 on the top limb of the pulley frame, and the other end of which is fastened to an eye 13 on the bottom limb of the pulley frame. By manipulating this cable or rope the pulley frame may be raised or lowered along the track to any desired height and when it is moved intothe desired position it may be retained thereinby clamping the rope or cable against the pulley at the lower end of the track, by means of the screw 1% which is threaded through the bracket that carries this pulley.

Mounted between the forwardly extending pieces which form the upper limb of the yoke-shaped pulley frame, are pulleys 15 and 16 and mounted between the forwardly extending pieces which form the lower limb of the yoke-shaped pulley frame is a pulley 17. The clothes line 18 of rope or cable is passed in and over one of the top pulleys and down around the lower pulley and then up and over the other top pulley. A sheet metal cap 19 is desirably attached to the lower limb of the frame over the pulley in order to afford a protection therefor, and the clothes line travels through openings in this cap when passing about the lower pulley.

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With this structure the track and frame may be swung inward toward the window opening and the frame lowered so that the line may be easily reached. As the clothes or other articles are hung on the lower section of line they are drawn out. by' pulling downward on the section of the line,

that passes around the inner'pulley and is.

nearest to the track. After the line is full the frame may be raised up by pulling down on .the elevating cord and then the screw tightened for clamping the cord and lower pulley so as to hold the frame up. When the clothing or other articles have been exposed out of doors a sulficient length of time the frame may be lowered by loosening the clamp screw and al-v lowing the frame to drop. The line may then be drawn in so as to reach andremove the clothes by drawing down on the section of line that passes over the outer upper pulley.

As the pulley frame may be raised and lowered to any desired height and swung in toward the window and as the pull for drawing the clothes out or for drawing them in, is vertical aperson is not required to lean from the window and pull horizontally to effect the desired manipulation, and consequently the danger of accident resulting from slipping and losing balance is materially reduced.

The invention claimed is: u

A clothes line hanger comprising brackets adapted to be fastened one above the other to a window casing, a track hinged to said brackets and standing in a vertical p0- sition a yoke-shaped frame connected with and movable up and down said track, a pair of pulleys carried by the upper outwardly extending limb of said frame, a single pulley carried by the lower outwardly extending limb of said frame, an endless clothes supporting line passing around the pulley at the lower end of the frame and over the pulleys at the upper end of the frame, pulleysat the upper and lower ends of the track, a frame elevating line passing around the pulleys at the ends of the track and having its ends attached to the upper and lower limbs of said frame, and means for binding saidframe elevating line, whereby the frame carrying the inner section of the endless clothes supporting line may be swung in and out and moved up and down and secured at the desired elevation.

PETER M. GORSKI.

' Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

